Go Girls!: Community-Based Life Skills for Girls: A ...

[Pages:86]GO GIRLS!

This Go Girls! Community-based Life Skills for Girls Training Manual was made possible by the generous support of the American people through the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) under the terms of Contract No. GHH-I-00-07-00032-00, USAID | Project SEARCH, Task Order 01. The contents are the responsibility of the Go Girls! Initiative and do not necessarily reflect the views of PEPFAR or the United States Government. Suggested citation: Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health/Center for Communication Programs (2011). Go Girls! Community-based Life Skills for Girls: A Training Manual. Baltimore, Maryland. Developed under the terms of USAID Contract No. GHH-1-00-07-00032-00, Project SEARCH, Task Order 01.

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Table of Contents

Introduction....................................................................................................................................................................7 Icon Key........................................................................................................................................................................... 15 Session 1: Go Girls!: What to Expect?................................................................................................................ 16 Session 2: His and Hers............................................................................................................................................ 20 Session 3: Stay in School/Return to School................................................................................................... 24 Session 4: Speak Up! Communicating With Others................................................................................... 27 Facilitator's Reference 1: Examples of Strong, Weak and Aggressive Communication....................... 31 Session 5: Making Good Decisions.................................................................................................................... 32 Session 6: Healthy Friendships............................................................................................................................ 35 Session 7: How to Communicate with Adults............................................................................................... 38 Session 8: My Body Is Changing ? Am I Normal?........................................................................................ 41 Handout 1: Physical Changes During Puberty................................................................................................... 44 Session 9: How Does Pregnancy Happen, Anyway?.................................................................................. 46 Handout 2: Female and Male Reproductive Systems...................................................................................... 48 Session 10: How to Communicate with a Partner...................................................................................... 53 Session 11: Preventing Unintended Pregnancy.......................................................................................... 57 Handout 3: How to use a Condom......................................................................................................................... 61 Session 12: STI/HIV Grab Bag............................................................................................................................... 62 Facilitators Reference 2: Grab Bag Items and Their Connection to STIs/HIV........................................... 65 Session 13: Preventing Unwanted Advances............................................................................................... 68 Session 14: Values, Money and Gifts................................................................................................................. 72 Session 15: Planning My Goal.............................................................................................................................. 76 Go Girls! Monitoring Forms................................................................................................................................... 79

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Acknowledgments

This manual was written by Maryce Ramsey and Judy Palmore. Technical input was provided by Joanna Skinner, Patricia Poppe, Jane Brown, Carol Underwood, Jessica Fehringer, Tinaye Mmusi, Maipelo Madibela, Assana Magombo, Dorothy Nyasulu, Enni Panizzo and members of the PEPFAR Gender Technical Working Group and PEPFAR Botswana, Malawi and Mozambique country teams. We would like to acknowledge several organizations whose materials have been adapted or used in this manual. They are: International HIV/AIDS Alliance, ? Sexuality and Life-Skills: Participatory Activities on Sexual and Reproductive Health with Young

People. ? Our Future: Sexuality and Life Skills Education for Young People, Grades 6-7. ? Our Future: Sexuality and Life Skills Education for Young People, Grades 8-9. United States Agency for International Development, ? Doorways I: Student Training Manual on School-Related Gender-Based Violence Prevention and

Response, February 2006. Family Care International, Inc., ? Pictures on male and female reproductive systems, menstrual process and pregnancy from

Healthy Women, Healthy Mothers: An Information Guide. 1995, 2nd Ed., Arkutu, A. EngenderHealth, ? Male reproductive system text adapted from Introduction to Men's Reproductive Health

Services--Revised Edition: Participant Handbook. 2008. New York. PATH, , Population Council, , and Kenya Adolescent Reproductive Health Project (KARHP) ? Female reproductive system, pregnancy, and menstruation text adapted from Tuko Pamoja:

Adolescent Reproductive Health and Life Skills Curriculum. 2006.

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